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Weather 2016


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This is what the BBC have said in their updated Monthly forecast issued this morning:

Monday 20 June—Sunday 26 June
Typical British summer weather

There will be a real mix of weather during next week with some warm and sunny weather but also outbreaks of rain and fresher winds. 
At the start of the week, the trough of low pressure bringing rain during Sunday will continue to affect many places on Monday and Tuesday. It will also become warm and humid in the south. Fresher Atlantic air will follow on Wednesday and Thursday with rather cloudy skies and some outbreaks of rain, most persistent and heaviest in the northwest. A ridge of high pressure will again follow from the west late in the week and over the weekend bringing drier, warmer weather once again. The highest temperatures and best of the sunshine will be across England and Wales. If this is the case, it will be good news for the festival goers heading to Glastonbury at the end of the week, an event traditionally linked to heavy rain and lots of mud.

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Just now, stephos83 said:

This is what the BBC have said in their updated Monthly forecast issued this morning:

Monday 20 June—Sunday 26 June
Typical British summer weather

There will be a real mix of weather during next week with some warm and sunny weather but also outbreaks of rain and fresher winds. 
At the start of the week, the trough of low pressure bringing rain during Sunday will continue to affect many places on Monday and Tuesday. It will also become warm and humid in the south. Fresher Atlantic air will follow on Wednesday and Thursday with rather cloudy skies and some outbreaks of rain, most persistent and heaviest in the northwest. A ridge of high pressure will again follow from the west late in the week and over the weekend bringing drier, warmer weather once again. The highest temperatures and best of the sunshine will be across England and Wales. If this is the case, it will be good news for the festival goers heading to Glastonbury at the end of the week, an event traditionally linked to heavy rain and lots of mud.

I'll be eagerly awaiting the met office update at lunch time! 

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3 minutes ago, stephos83 said:

This is what the BBC have said in their updated Monthly forecast issued this morning:

Monday 20 June—Sunday 26 June
Typical British summer weather

There will be a real mix of weather during next week with some warm and sunny weather but also outbreaks of rain and fresher winds. 
At the start of the week, the trough of low pressure bringing rain during Sunday will continue to affect many places on Monday and Tuesday. It will also become warm and humid in the south. Fresher Atlantic air will follow on Wednesday and Thursday with rather cloudy skies and some outbreaks of rain, most persistent and heaviest in the northwest. A ridge of high pressure will again follow from the west late in the week and over the weekend bringing drier, warmer weather once again. The highest temperatures and best of the sunshine will be across England and Wales. If this is the case, it will be good news for the festival goers heading to Glastonbury at the end of the week, an event traditionally linked to heavy rain and lots of mud.

Sounds hopeful - most of the negative in that seem to relate to other areas of the country?  Seems the site will suffer some rain this week, which could be a positive given there's been so little - hopefully just enough to prevent it being a dust bowl by the time we get there (no more!)

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Bit less agreement between  models this morning, but nothing too horrendous, I think we're still looking at best at a very good festival week and at worst a north/south split with the south getting the better weather. Some models going for a small band of LP passing through during the festival but this would only likly bring a few short showers and move off pretty quickly, but not a huge amount of agreement on that scenario. 

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The latest weather report from a highly reliable source states that there will be heavy, prolonged rain for the whole of the festival localised over The Nal.

In addition there will be a short but significant amount of rainfall over Croissant Neuf on Saturday from 4.00pm for appoximately an hour. Flash flooding is possible in the area should The Nal turn out to be a Travis fan.

The rest of the festival will be pleasantly warm and dry with the odd early morning shower to keep the dust down.

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2010 was hard work, but no where near as hard as a muddy one.

The weird thing about 2010 though was how cold the nights were, easily the coldest nights i've had there. I think it's something to do with no cloud cover keeping the heat in.

I don't think there was a cloud in the sky all week

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3 minutes ago, mazola said:

2010 was hard work, but no where near as hard as a muddy one.

The weird thing about 2010 though was how cold the nights were, easily the coldest nights i've had there. I think it's something to do with no cloud cover keeping the heat in.

I don't think there was a cloud in the sky all week

The nights (and days) in 2007 were really cold, would have done anything for a bit of clear sky that weekend

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Met Office still going for option 3! Although they do mention this in the context of further south and east being drier.

 

On Saturday most of the United Kingdom will be dry with sunny spells, although eastern England will continue to be affected by some showers. From Sunday and into next week the latest indications are that unsettled and often windy conditions will return from the west, although there is a fair chance that much of southern and eastern England will be dry and bright this Sunday. In general bands of cloud and rain are expected to move eastwards across the British Isles, interspersed with brighter, showery conditions. The most frequent spells of rain are likely across the northwest, whilst the southeast should see more in the way of drier weather. Temperatures will generally be near average, but perhaps on the cool side at first, and turning locally warm in sunnier spells.

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28 minutes ago, mazola said:

2010 was hard work, but no where near as hard as a muddy one.

The weird thing about 2010 though was how cold the nights were, easily the coldest nights i've had there. I think it's something to do with no cloud cover keeping the heat in.

I don't think there was a cloud in the sky all week

For me, 2010 was an amazing festival whilst I was there. Sadly I made the school boy error of only taking in liquids of an alcoholic nature.  This meant huge dehydration from Monday morning for following week which saw me not able to get out of bed.  Even having said that, one the best weekends of my life.

From where I'm sat this year looks to top 2010 weather wise, if only because you're getting wall to wall sun but not ridiculous 30 degree heat.  Looks to be a nice cooling day time breeze too.

I'm gutted not be going but I sincerely hope everyone has an amazing time.

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1 minute ago, Stu H said:

2011 around 10am putting our tent up. Wow. Got absolutely soaked. And it didn't stop all day.

Getting through Gate D that morning was quite possibly my least favourite Glastonbury experience bar none.  And I include the whole of 2007 in that.

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Anyone who thought 2010 was too hot should never go to Benicassim :P Temperatures were pushing 40 celsius every day the time I went. Now I like hot weather but even that was too much for me. Just checked the temps for glastonbury 2010 and I would love similar this year to be honest.

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11 minutes ago, BluePaul said:

Getting through Gate D that morning was quite possibly my least favourite Glastonbury experience bar none.  And I include the whole of 2007 in that.

I can remember being absolutely soaked dragging mine and my girlfriends stuff  through puddles just after getting through the gate, she always packs too much so i had a back pack on my front, one of my back was dragging a cheap sack truck which was constantly tipping over, every step felt like a huge effort.  I can remember starting to feel a bit sorry for myself and then i just thought 'fcuk it, you're at Glastonbury, it's a bit of rain, things could be worse, cheer up for christ sake'. And i was fine after that.

Eventually got the tent set up, hung up all my damp stuff to dry, cracked open a few cans and had an amazing time after that. Think it rained on and off for most of the day and got pretty muddy, but after i get drunk and start enjoying myself i hardly ever notice. Shorts, wellies and a cheap poncho and you're good to go.

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2 questions;

There are lots of different apps and websites for weather. Which ones use different sources? I.e there is no point in downloading the BBC and the Metoffice as they are the same things/ use the same charts. I think accuweather and weather channel are also the same. So which ones should I keep an eye on? Surely there is at the most 4/5 different sources?

 

Also when does Jackone start?

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